The Tragic True Story Behind Tyrone's Vampire Nuns Tale on Marvel's Cloak & Dagger

Things are getting deep on Marvel's Cloak & Dagger as Tandy's (Olivia Holt) search for her friend Michaela led her to a sex trafficking ring within the city of New Orleans. It turns out the city's history with the disgusting practice is as old as the city itself -- both on the show and off.

TV Guide's "Did You Know" video from Thursday's new episode reveals the real life inspiration behind Tyrone's (Aubrey Joseph) story about vampire nuns. In the Freeform series, Tyrone explains that vampire nuns were girls sent from France when New Orleans was first being settled to help populate the area, except when the girls arrived they were taken in by thieves and vagrants, so the king of France asked for them back, but many of the girls were never heard from again.

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It's a true story, but in real life those women were known as "The Casket Girls." Cloak and Dagger showrunner Joe Pokaski first head their tragic tale while taking a haunted ghost tour of New Orleans and decided to weave it into the Season 2 narrative to show how the city's history mirrored the present storyline. He's also had experts from across the country weigh in on the Season 2 plot to give it authenticity and make sure the show is tackling the issue in a sensitive and accurate fashion.

Marvel's Cloak & Dagger airs Thursdays at 8/7c on Freeform.